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In my career, my movies tend to polarize critics.

Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker.

The criticism is what I expect, honestly, because I'm criticizing myself every day when I come in here and watch that film. I'm trying to get better.

There's a lot of vitriolic ranting out there, but there are literally hundreds of critics on the web who care deeply about film and having something to say about it.

It's difficult for one filmmaker to criticize another. That's a job best left to critics.

The films that I do tend to polarise people's views.

I still think like a critic, and I still analyze films like a critic. However, it's not possible to write criticism if you're making films.

I learned a lot about critics, not to really take them too seriously about movies.

I never seek controversy or foresee it for my pictures. I take a personal stand, and perhaps because my films are on contemporary subjects, people do not share my point of view.

I criticize those critics. The reason being that they're doing one of the worst things that ever can be done to an actor, which is to say, Look, you do what we like you to do or else.